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" Roses 


Ji 


and 


Lilies 


/|\ 


among 


the Church's 




flowers — 


white for 




faithful 


labour — 




red for 


the Martyr's 




sufferings— 


both fair 




in God's 


siorht." 







From tht 


Writings of S 


/. Cyprian. 



f f ^^\A^ who will come to Christ, and serve Him, are brought thereby y,^ 
wy to such a true knowledge of God, that their own immortality/ 
becomes real to them." 



^JMM>cA^<:§y^hyv^ 







/ 

Rachel A. La FoiNtaine 
Illustralcd 



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Copyright, 1893 

by 

R. A. La Fontaink. 



To THE Friends of the 
nrorain^ (Birf 

THIS Booklet is, with the 

PROFOUNDEST RESPECT, 
DEDICATED BY 

THE Author. 



D 



ECK the altar with blos- 
soms fair, 
Pillar and chancel with 

garlands rare. 

Alleluia ! Allekua / 




DECK THE AL TAR 



A 



LL ye people in harmony 

sing, 

Christ our Lord is risen 

a King. 

Allehiia ! Alleluia ! 




YE ANGELS 



A LL angels that worship in 
^ ^ glory on high, 

With anthems of gladness 
filling the sky. 

A llelu ia ! A llclu ia ! 



A 



LL ye lilies with incense 

rare, 

Flinging your fragrance on 

the air. 

Alleluia ! Alleluia / 




AllelMia! Alleluia / 



A 



LL ye flowers that spring 
from earth, 
And ye bells that chime the 

New-birth. 

Alleluia / Alleluia ! 




Alleluia ! Alleluia / 



A LL who ever, in Christ's 

grave lay, 
Shall rise with Him, on 
Easter-day. 

Alleluia ! Alleluia / 



Alleluia ! Alleluia ! 

Afnen. 



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